greenbacks
Bills in wallets
Greenbacks is informal American slang for paper money—U.S. dollars.
The term dates to the Civil War, when the government issued currency printed with green ink on the back.
The word persists as a casual way to refer to cash: I need to get my hands on some greenbacks.
US monetary units
- bucksMale deer, or dollars
- cashReady spending funds
- paper moneyCurrency in bill form
- moolaSlang for currency
bills · dough · bread · cabbage · lettuce · clams · simoleons · mazuma
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- UnionNamed political entity
- treasury notesGovernment-issued debt securities
- gold standardMeasure of ultimate quality
- specieMoney in metal form
fiat currency · reconstruction · war debt · inflation · bimetallism · paper currency
dollars
US monetary units
- bucksMale deer, or dollars
- cashReady spending funds
- paper moneyCurrency in bill form
bills · moola · dough · bread · cabbage · lettuce · clams · simoleons · mazuma · scratch
Civil War
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- UnionNamed political entity
- treasury notesGovernment-issued debt securities
- gold standardMeasure of ultimate quality
specie · fiat currency · reconstruction · war debt · inflation · bimetallism · paper currency
affluence
Abundance of money
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- fortuneWealth or destiny
capital · assets · savings · nest egg · bankroll · funds · windfall · earnings · income · profits
- moneydollar, euro, coin, cash, pound
- US currencydollar, dollar bills, penny, dollars, nickel
- banknotespaper money, dollar bill, banknote, euro note, currency notes
- cashbills, banknotes, paper money, legal tender, change
- money slangbucks, dough, moolah, cheddar, cash
- wealthriches, wealth, fortune, affluence, prosperity
greenbackscoins
Metal money units
coinage · specie · hard money · change · silver
greenbacksdigital currency
Currency stored electronically
cryptocurrency · credit · cashless payment · bank transfers · plastic
greenbacksdebt
Money owed another
poverty · destitution · liabilities · IOUs · insolvency